Page 24 - VE Magazine - Issue 42

24 / October-November 2018 / ve
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‘The key to this look is: nothing is by accident, nothing is in excess, and everything is beautiful’
for a bit of symmetry, a decorative Chinese carved wooden plaque and a pair of ornately hand carved maplewood picture frames.
As everything must be considered, I had to show constraint, and so resisted going over the top and adding a 1960s woodblock print I’d found of a Japanese warrior, a stack of Chinese abacus sets, a rather nice piece of bogwood on a stand and a miniature Oriental tea set under a dome – all of which would have worked, but I had to bear in mind that the key to this look is: nothing is by
accident, nothing is in excess, and everything is beautiful.
So did I succeed (see page 20)? That again is a matter of opinion. It’s a beautifully clean look, and one that I’d certainly enjoy waking up to in my bedroom each morning. However, I’m afraid my own eclectic tastes wouldn’t allow such simplicity throughout my entire home. My snug little lounge for example, where my shelves are laden with all sorts of treasures. I love it that way and that’s my Zen, being surrounded by my hoard!ve